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medicate

[med-i-kayt] / ˈmɛd ɪˌkeɪt /


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Adrian Aceves, a physician living in downtown Washington, said he'd be staying in with his five-year-old mutt Rosy, "trying to distract her with treats and toys, and I will medicate her."

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Scott-Wright suggested placing him to sleep on his front, says Emily, and that she should medicate her son for reflux - despite Scott-Wright not seeing the baby during the consultation.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

Unfortunately, alpha-synuclein has proven an especially challenging protein to medicate due to its unruly, disorganized form and lack of clear druggable structures, Disney added.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024

But even after getting a diagnosis, Hutchings says the response was to "medicate someone, put them in the corner, and hope they get 'better.'"

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2023

When they said I was depressed, she refused to let them medicate me.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Distracted by the recent death of his wife — whose loss he medicates by reading his sappy scribblings aloud to a rapt writing group — Sanders seems drained and becalmed.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

At the time of the wreck, Linton was not properly medicated and had not slept for days, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In 2021 Pike was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in prison and has been medicated since.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Products passing through the giant site range from insulin capsules and lifestyle drugs to medicated sunblock and drums of sulphuric acid.

From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026

The medicated wipes, cream and spray have swirling, ’70s-style graphics and a retro color palette of orange, mustard yellow and turquoise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

Walter sat in a common room with older, heavily medicated people watching TV It was jarring to see him sitting in a hospital gown among people so compromised and infirm.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Earlier this year, England's Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Chris Whitty said it would be a "societal failure" if medicating people for life was our only answer to obesity.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

There was a stigma associated with ADHD—such as that students who had it weren’t very bright—and they didn’t like the idea of medicating their children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Since then, the industry has reformed its horse medicating, and deaths have dropped dramatically.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

This stands in stark contrast with medicating symptoms of mood disorders or using behavioral tools to change thinking and behaviors.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2022

In medicating a soap the material used for this purpose is usually added at the mill.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen




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